Hawaii

We just got back yesterday from a fabulous first trip to Hawaii. I had a half marathon that I was running in Honolulu, so we decided to make it a family affair (minus Charly), and make a family vacation out of it. It was wonderful and so relaxing, especially because the race was right in the middle of the vacation. I was able to relax a few days before and lounge around the pool for a few days afterwards. The girls had an amazing time and were so thrilled to be able to spend some much needed alone time with mommy and daddy without the center of attention...Charly. We really would have brought her, but she is at such a troublemaking stage and RUNNING all over the place, we thought it would be a little more mellow without the little one. :) We stayed at Turtle Bay Resort and literally layed on the beach or next to the pool the ENTIRE time while the girls played and swam. We would take time to leave the resort each day to get some "local food" and stoped daily at the fruit stands along the road and load up on the most amazing and juicy pineapple, mangos, and papaya. It was such a great trip and although we were so excited to come home to see little squish Charly, we were so sad to leave that paradise. We are already trying to figure out when we can go back.